Kurt Winter
Kurt Winter | |
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Born | April 2, 1946 |
Origin | Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada |
Died | December 14, 1997 | (aged 51)
Genres | Rock, Hard rock, Pop rock |
Occupation(s) | Guitarist, songwriter |
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Kurt Frank Winter(April 2, 1946 – December 14, 1997) was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member ofThe Guess Who.
Biography
[edit]Winter was born inWinnipeg,Manitoba.He attendedDaniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute.[1]From the mid-1960s he was a member of several local Winnipeg rock bands, collaborating at various times with bassist Bill Wallace and drummer Vance Schmidt (later known as Vance Masters).[2][3][4]In 1969 Winter, Wallace, and Schmidt formed the bandBrother,who were associates ofThe Guess Who.[1]Brother was together for less than six months, but became known for the fact that all three members later joined The Guess Who.
GuitaristRandy Bachmanleft The Guess Who in 1970, and that band's leaderBurton Cummingsrecruited Winter and Greg Leskiw as Bachman's replacements.[2][3]Winter was with The Guess Who for four years and became one of the band's primary songwriters in tandem with Cummings.[5]After six studio albums, Winter left The Guess Who for undisclosed reasons in 1974,[5]and was replaced byDomenic Troiano.
After The Guess Who broke up, various former members of that band attempted reunion tours with floating lineups. Winter briefly joined a lineup led by bassistJim Kalein 1977–78, and contributed to the albumGuess Who's Back.[6]
Winter then retired from the music industry and resided in Winnipeg for the rest of his life.[1]Burton Cummings invited Winter to write songs for his 1990s solo albums, though Winter chose a life away from music.[1]Winter suffered from health problems attributed to excessive alcohol use, and died at age 51 fromkidney failureon December 14, 1997.[1]His alma mater, Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute, initiated an annual scholarship in Winter's name in 1998.[5]Cummings memorialized Winter in "Kurt's Song" on his 2008 album,Above the Ground.Cummings described Winter as "one of my fondest writing partners".[7]
Discography
[edit]With The Guess Who:
- 1970Share the Land
- 1971The Best of The Guess Who
- 1971So Long, Bannatyne
- 1972Rockin'
- 1972Live at the Paramount
- 1973Artificial Paradise
- 1973#10
- 1973The Best of The Guess Who Volume II
- 1974Road Food
- 1978Guess Who's Back
- 1988Track Record: The Guess Who Collection
- 1997The Guess Who: The Ultimate Collection
- 1999The Guess Who: Greatest Hits
- 2003Platinum & Gold Collection: The Guess Who
- 2006Bachman Cummings Song Book
References
[edit]- ^abcdeJohn Einarson,Profile of Kurt Winter.Manitoba Music Museum,2012. Retrieved 2024-10-8.
- ^abProfile of Gettysbyrg AddressArchived2016-03-05 at theWayback Machine;canadianbands. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
- ^abProfile of BrotherArchived2016-03-05 at theWayback Machine;canadianbands. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ^Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia,Profile of The Fifth.Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^abcJohn Einarson,Winter's tale.Winnipeg Free Press, December 15, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^"The Guess Who – Guess Who's Back (1978, Vinyl)".Discogs.1978.
- ^Stephen Ostick,Cummings picks wah-wah as career highlight.Winnipeg Free Press, October 3, 1988. As reprinted by Hillman Web. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
External links
[edit]- Kurt Winterdiscography atDiscogs